Personal notification by email under art. 8: what the model contains
Art. 8 of Ley 2213 de 2022 says what is sent and what is stated under oath, and sets no format. This page shows the structure of the two documents Notificado prepares with the sending data: the notification message and the draft memorial for the court.
Contents · 8 sections
What must a personal notification under art. 8 contain?
The requirements of article 8 of Ley 2213 de 2022 are the oath, the source of the address and the evidence (STC16733-2022). They are the three in inciso 2, and that statute does not specify any additional requirement (STL7023-2023).
The text of the article places these burdens on the party who notifies:
- Send the court order as a data message to the electronic address or site of the person to be notified, with the annexes that must be delivered for the traslado (inciso 1).
- State under oath that the address is the one the person to be notified uses (inciso 2).
- Say how the address was obtained (inciso 2).
- File the corresponding evidence, in particular the communications sent to that person (inciso 2).
Article 8 does not require the message to state the date of the order or when notice is deemed complete (STC4737-2023), but including it costs nothing and removes an argument.
«Las notificaciones que deban hacerse personalmente también podrán efectuarse con el envío de la providencia respectiva como mensaje de datos a la dirección electrónica o sitio que suministre el interesado en que se realice la notificación, sin necesidad del envío de previa citación o aviso físico o virtual. Los anexos que deban entregarse para un traslado se enviarán por el mismo medio.»
Law 2213 of 2022, art. 8, inciso 1
«El interesado afirmará bajo la gravedad del juramento, que se entenderá prestado con la petición, que la dirección electrónica o sitio suministrado corresponde al utilizado por la persona a notificar, informará la forma como la obtuvo y allegará las evidencias correspondientes, particularmente las comunicaciones remitidas a la persona por notificar.»
Law 2213 of 2022, art. 8, inciso 2
Text of the articles transcribed from the official publication of the Secretaría General del Senado, read on October 11, 2026. Each link leads to the article in that publication.
What does the notification message Notificado sends contain?
The message goes out in Colombian Spanish, in this order:
- The subject: personal notification (art. 8 Ley 2213 de 2022) and the radicado.
- The court order being notified, with its date and the court that issued it.
- The court and its email, the radicado, the type of proceeding, the plaintiffs and the defendants.
- That personal notification will be deemed made once two (2) business days have passed after the message is sent, and that terms start to run from the business day after notice.
- The term of the traslado, if you state it.
- That any answer or memorial must be addressed to the court, at its email, with the radicado.
- That the message does not require the recipient to confirm reading it or to click any link for the notification to take effect.
The statements on the two business days and on when terms start go in every message: no template of your firm removes them. Before sending, you see the message exactly as the recipient will.
What does the memorial reporting the notification to the court contain?
Notificado prepares a draft memorial with the notification's recorded data, as DOCX and PDF. Its parts are:
- The heading to the court and the reference: type of proceeding, plaintiff, defendant and radicado.
- The subject: acreditación de notificación personal (art. 8 Ley 2213 de 2022).
- Notification made: the date and time of sending in Colombian legal time, the electronic address, the court order and the annexes, identified by their SHA-256 fingerprint.
- The oath and how the address was obtained.
- The evidence of the address.
- The record of sending and delivery: the acceptance by the recipient's mail server and the fingerprint of the message in its original format (.eml).
- The computation: when notice is deemed complete and when the term starts.
- The request, the annexes and the signature.
The draft is not legal advice nor a model approved by a court: a lawyer must review, adjust and sign it before filing it.
How is the oath on the address worded?
The oath «is understood to be given with the request»: it needs no separate formula and may appear in the complaint. Even so, it is prudent to repeat it in the memorial informing the court of the notification, together with how the address was obtained.
In Notificado, you accept the statement on each address before sending, and the system records it with its version and its supporting documents. The draft memorial transcribes it, with the source of the address and the evidence.
Why does Notificado not offer a format to download?
A blank format does not know the data that matter in a nullity debate: the time of sending, the destination server's acceptance, the fingerprint of each file. Notificado fills the message and the memorial with what it recorded when sending.
That is why there is no blank document to download here: the draft is generated from each notification sent, and you review it before filing.
Are there models of a notification by aviso or of a nullity motion?
Notificado does not prepare them. The aviso belongs to art. 292 of the Código General del Proceso and is sent through an authorised postal service; art. 8 of Ley 2213 de 2022 does not need it. What CGP art. 135 asks of the party alleging a nullity is on the page about nullity for defective notification.
CGP arts. 291 and 292 compared with art. 8Nullity for defective notification
Frequently asked questions
Must the message state when notice is deemed complete?
Article 8 does not require it (STC4737-2023), but including it costs nothing and removes an argument. The Notificado message always states it.
In what format is the memorial downloaded?
As DOCX and PDF, once it can be generated. Nothing is filed from Notificado: a lawyer reviews, signs and files it.
From which email is the memorial sent to the court?
The memorial is sent from the email registered in the Registro Nacional de Abogados (Ley 2213, arts. 3 and 5; courts check it, as STC3134-2023 notes), copying the other parties whose channel is known (art. 3).
Which annexes go with the notification?
The court order and, by the same means, the documents to be delivered for the traslado: the complaint, its exhibits and, if there was one, the amended filing (art. 8 inciso 1; the amendment, art. 6). If the complaint and its exhibits were already sent to the defendant when it was filed, article 6 limits personal notice to sending the auto admisorio.
Is the message in Spanish if I use the account in English?
Yes. The message to the recipient, the constancia and the evidence package are always in Colombian Spanish.
Why notify with Notificado
Every send leaves proof that a third party can verify without Notificado.
A constancia (proof of delivery) that is checked two ways: by its code on /verificar, or without depending on our system, with the evidence package and OpenSSL.
Service reviewed by a Colombian lawyer (October 2026).
Operated by VENOMTECH S.A.S., NIT 901.991.367-7, Colombia.
API and MCP to connect Notificado to your systems.
Prepaid packs from COP 800 + VAT per recipient. When your tarjeta profesional is verified, your firm receives up to 10 trial sends, valid for 90 days.
Send your first art. 8 notification
When your tarjeta profesional is verified, your firm receives up to 10 trial sends.
An informative summary, not legal advice. The validity of each notification is decided by the judge hearing the case. Published October 12, 2026
Keep reading
- Guide: personal notification under art. 8, Ley 2213 de 2022Requirements, the sworn statement, receipt, when notice is complete and what to file.
- Is notification by email valid?Requirements, proof and nulidad under art. 8 of Ley 2213 de 2022.
- Is certified mail mandatory?What art. 8 requires to notify, and what the Corte Suprema has held.
- Certified email: what does the law require?What the term names, and what the law requires to notify under art. 8.
- Nullity for defective notificationWhat the party asking must state and what the judge weighs.
- Term of the traslado de la demandaDays to answer by type of case, from the text of the CGP.
- CGP arts. 291 and 292 compared with art. 8Citación, aviso and data message: what each route requires.
- When does the CGP call for postal certified mail?The postal route of arts. 291 and 292 of the CGP, and what art. 8 of Ley 2213 de 2022 provides to notify by data message.
- Printable checklistEvery step of an article 8 notification, to tick off before filing the memorial.
- Key case lawThe Constitutional Court and Supreme Court rulings that set the rule.
- Term calculatorFrom the send date: notice complete, and the start and end of the term, in business days.
- BlogShort notes on questions that keep coming up in court.